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Accredited Clinical Negligence Specialists

APIL has a specialist accreditation for clinical negligence claims. If an APIL member’s profile displays the specialist accreditation logo it shows that they have achieved a particularly high standard of expertise and competence and that they actually specialise in this area of the law. However, due to the specialised nature of this accreditation we may not have a member with specialist accreditation in your area.

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Only accredited members appear on the public search facility. If an APIL member's profile does not display the clinical negligence specialist logo they will still be accredited at one of the general levels offered by APIL, having satisfied APIL's specific and extensive criteria by providing evidence of their competency and experience in handling personal injury claims.

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Mr Matthew Gascoyne of HUDGELL SOLICITORS in Hull

Matthew is a medical negligence solicitor who qualified in 2013. He worked in the clinical negligence departments at high-profile firms in London, Hampshire and Yorkshire, before joining Hudgells in 2022. Matthew’s work focuses on clients who have suffered severe and serious injuries throughout all areas of clinical negligence, leaving them with complex needs. He has particular interest in cases involving acquired brain injuries due to medical accidents, delays in diagnosis of...

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Ms Kim McCleery of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

I am a Senior Associate Solicitor at Irwin Mitchell LLP specialising in medical negligence. I work in Yorkshire and the Northeast. I'm accredited by APIL as a Senior Litigator and a Clinical Negligence Specialist. I have experience in a broad range of claims against hospitals trusts, GPs, and private practitioners. I have over 15 years of experience in handling complex claims involving birth injuries, adult and child brain injuries, spinal injuries, orthopaedic injuries, delays in...

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Mrs Anita Jewitt of STEWARTS in London

Anita is a Partner and Head of Clinical Negligence at law firm Stewarts. Anita has significant and extensive experience in representing children who have suffered a neurological injury at the time of birth.gococcal septicaemia. Anita also has experience in spinal injury cases, such as the delayed diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis and cauda equina syndrome, as well as experience in infectious diseases and amputation cases. Anita was recommended in the Chambers...

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Mr Marcos Eleftheriou of FIELDFISHER in Birmingham

I am a Legal Director in the medical negligence team at Fieldfisher. I have practiced in this area since qualifying in 2010. I have dealt with a wide range of case types including delayed diagnosis of cancer, fatal accidents, acquired brain injury, amputation, spinal injury, birth injury, and cosmetic surgery. My experience in neurological injury, delay in diagnosing cancer cases and fatal cases is particularly extensive. For example, I...

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Mrs Liz Oaten of LESTER ALDRIDGE LLP in Southampton

Liz Oaten I am a Partner in the Clinical Negligence department at Lester Aldridge and since qualification in 1987 I have specialised in handling clinical negligence cases complemented by my post graduate degree (LLM) in the legal aspects of medical practice and my accreditation as a mediator. I am a member of all three specialist clinical negligence schemes, the APIL accredited clinical negligence specialist scheme the AvMA clinical negligence panel, The Law Society's Clinical...

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Mr Jason Brady of HOLMES & HILLS LLP in Colchester

I am a Partner in Holmes & Hills LLP solicitors and have over 20 years of experience. I deal with most types of personal injury and clinical negligence claims and specialise in complex and high value claims including brain, spinal and birth injury claims.

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Miss Auriana Griffiths of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in London

I am head of Irwin Mitchell London's medical negligence department. I speacialise in complex and high value medical negligence cases. The majority of my cases relate to children with brain damage resulting from birth injuries including birth asphyxia, neonatal hypoglycaemia and incorrect managment of jaundice. In addition, I regularly handle wrongful birth cases. I am passionate about getting early liability decisions to secure interim payments thereaby enabling care packages to be put in...

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Miss Laura Barlow of IRWIN MITCHELL LLP in London

Laura is a Legal Director in the medical negligence team at Irwin Mitchell. She represents clients in all types of medical negligence and has a specialist interest in cases where the client has sustained a brain injury. A few examples of the types of case Laura can assist with include: Delay in diagnosis and treatment of brain tumours/cysts Failure to prevent/adequately treat stroke Delay in diagnosis and treatment of brain bleeds due to a failure to carry out a brain scan in...

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Miss Jessica Wright of GADSBY WICKS in Chelmsford

Jessica Wright joined Gadsby Wicks in November 2016. She spent 8 years at Thompsons Solicitors where she did her training. There, Jess specialised in personal injury and medical negligence claims, particularly those involving delay in diagnosing cancer, wrong site surgery and orthopaedic surgery. Jess then moved to Wiseman Lee where she specialised in medical negligence before joining Gadsby Wicks. It was always Jess’s ambition to become a solicitor and, whilst at school, she spent...

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Mr Ken Thomas of HARDING EVANS LLP in Newport

Ken Thomas is an APIL Senior Litigator and Clinical Negligence Panel Member , heading up the specialist Clinical Negligence team at Harding Evans LLP. He has acted on such cases since 1992 and is a member of the AvMA Panel of accredited solicitors.Ken specialises entirely in clinical negligence and has secured millions of pounds in damages for clients in respect of cases against GPs, hospitals, dentists, opticians and pharmacists. He is regularly asked to contribute to media stories regarding...

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All patients are owed a 'duty of care' by their medical practitioner. No medical treatment or surgical procedure can be guaranteed to be 100% effective, but if you suffer an injury due to the negligence of the nurse, doctor or surgeon involved, then you may be entitled to compensation for the injuries suffered.

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